Nov 28
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The Economist “An elegy for the world’s biggest creatures“ |
| Nov 23 |
Stories related to the joint news release from the University of Hawaii and MBARI , Cameras reveal largest aggregation of fishes in abyssal deep sea
– New Atlas, “Record number of fish at abyssal depths found in the Pacific” by David Szondy (11-24-20)
– LiveScience, “Massive swarm of eels Is the most fish ever recorded at the bottom of the ocean ” by Carly Cassella (11-25-20) [Also carried by MSNews]
– The Weather Network, “‘Record’ number of fish found in the undersea abyss” by Daniel Martins (11-28-20) [Also carried by Yahoo News] |
Oct 19
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Stanford News “Stanford researchers explore potential for kelp to relieve ocean acidification” by Danielle Torrent Tucker [See also: “Research offers new insight on the role kelp can play in fighting ocean acidification“] |
Oct 19
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Blooloop.com “How Monterey Bay Aquarium is engaging AND generating revenue with Animal Crossing on Twitch ” by Charlotte Coates |
Oct 18
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Monterey Herald “Ocean health: Study looks at the plastic problem ” by Emily Harwitz [Also carried by MSN.com] |
Nov 13
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Ocean Currents (Ocean Conservancy blog) “These creepy ocean creatures are the stuff of nightmares“ |
Nov 11
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The Conversation “This super rare squid is a deep-sea mystery. We recently spotted not 1, but 5, in the Great Australian Bight” by Osterhage et al. |
Oct 9
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Monterey Herald “Exploring the mystery of California’s bioluminescent blooms” by Nikk Ogasa [Also carried by the San Jose Mercury, East Bay Times, and MSN.com] |
| Oct 29 |
Stories related to the joint news release, New $53 million grant to create a world-wide fleet of robotic floats to monitor ocean health
– Science, “Fleet of robotic probes will monitor global warming’s impact on microscopic ocean life” by Paul Voosen (10-29-20)
– Monterey Herald, “Monterey Bay research institute nets part of $53 million science grant” by Dennis L. Taylor (10-29-20) [Also carried by the San Jose Mercury, Santa Cruz Sentinel, East Bay Times, and MSN.com]
– SDNews.com, “NSF grants $53 million to create a global fleet of robotic ocean floats” (10-29-20)
– Geekwire, “UW receives $23.5M grant to build and deploy fleet of robotic ocean-monitoring floats” by Kurt Schlosser (10-29-20)
– KPBX (San Diego NPR), “San Diego scientists poised to deploy new ocean monitoring devices” by Erik Anderson (10-30-20)
– Nature World News, “Robotic probes deployedto monitor climate change impact on phytoplankton, marine life and ocean processes” by Victoria Sinla (10-30-20)
– Congressman Panetta, “Congressman Panetta Announces $53 million in Federal Funding for Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute” (10-30-20) [News release]
– Forbes, “Souped-up robots will soon be able to tell us what’s happening in the Middle of the ocean” by Priya Shukla (10-31-20)
– Sea Wanderer, “New multi-institutional grant will support a fleet of robotic floats” (11-2-20)
– Asian Robotics Review, “Down to the sea in “smart” robots” (11-2-20)
– Monterey County Weekly, “MBARI announces $53 million grant to study ocean health with 500 roving floats” by Asaf Shalev (11-3-20)
– Ocean News and Technology, “New multi-institutional grant will support a fleet of robotic floats” (11-4-20)
– San Diego Union-Tribune, “Scripps Oceanography to build fleet of robotic ocean floats” by Deborah Sullivan Brennan (11-6-20) [Also carried by at least 9 other Tribune papers nationawide]
– La Jolla Light, “Scripps Oceanography is part of $53 million grant to study ocean health through 500 new robotic floats ” by Elisabeth Frausto (11-7-20)
– Salinas Californian, “Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute awarded $53M to continue exploring ocean health ” by Angelaydet Rocha (11-25-20) |
Oct 19
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Nerdist “Undulating feather stars put on a soothing deep-sea show” by Matthew Hart |
Oct 19
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Sierra “The secrets stored within seaweed” by Mukta Patil |
Oct 17
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Santa Cruz Sentinel “Ocean trek offers a break from politics” by Rachel Kippen |
Oct 16
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Monterey Herald “Monterey Aquarium planning ambitious new exhibit” by Dennis L. Taylor [Also carried by MSN.com] |
Oct 15
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Science News for Students “Whales get a second life as deep-sea buffets” by Stephen Ornes |
Oct 7
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PNAS “Inner Workings: Research sub buoys prospects for 3D map of marine microbial communities” by Amy McDermott |
| Oct 1 |
Stories related to the joint MBARI/Stanford news release, Researchers find pattern in whale songs that predicts migration
– United Press International, “Blue whale singing patterns reverse when they start to migrate” by Brooks Hays (10-1-20)
– Daily Mail, “Changing their tune: Blue whales start singing in the daytime rather than at night just before migrating, study finds” by Jonathan Chadwick (10-1-20) [Also carried by MSN.com and 7 other onine outlets]
– Earth.com, “Blue whales sing on summer nights and winter days” by Chrissy Sexton (10-1-20)
– The Independent, “Blue whale singing patterns predict migration, study finds” by Harry Cockburn (10-1-20)
– Cosmos, “Heading south? You’ve changed your tune” (10-3-20)
– 60-Second Science (Scientific American podcast), “Blue whale song timing reveals time to go” by Susanne Bard (10-7-20)
-Diver Net, “Blue whales: Too busy eating to sing” (10-18-20) |
Oct 1
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Nerdist “Deep-sea biologists reveal their 10 favorite creatures” by Matthew Hart |
Oct 1
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BBC Science Focus “7 weird animals that you can see right through” by Ben Hoare |
Sept 22
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New York Times “Bringing the ocean’s midnight zone into the light” by Annie Roth |
Sept 15
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Hakai “Scientists use seaweeds to travel back in time” by Annie Roth [Also carrired by Smithsonian. magazine] |
Sept 11
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Poynter “Poynter Report” by Tom Jones [Includes short piece about coverage of DeepPIV by “CBS This Morning” |
Sept 10
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Endangered Earth [Center for Biological Diversity newsletter] “Wild & Weird: The ocean ‘Grand Canyon’ of California“ |
Sept 10
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CBS This Morning “Mysterious animal keeps carbon out of atmosphere, slowing climate change” by Jonathan Vigliotti |
Sept 3
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Laughing Squid “A relaxing guided meditation that focuses on a beautiful vampire squid floating in the deep dark sea” by Lori Dorn |
Sept 2
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KION-TV “MBARI: California wildfires could impact oceans” by Avery Johnson |
Aug 27
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Stanford News “2020 Stanford graduate wins journalism award” by Alex Kekauoha |
Aug 26
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BBC Science Focus “The technology solving the ocean’s greatest mysteries ” by Helen Scales |
Aug 25
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KION-TV “New animation gives look at canyon that lies at the bottom of the Monterey Bay” by Avery Johnson |
Aug 24
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Ocean News and Technology “New animation drains Monterey Bay to uncover the beauty of Its geology“ |
Aug 21
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EOS “This Week: Mud, Monterey Canyon, and Kanye West“ |
Aug 20
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Yahoo News “Bioluminescent waves light up surf at Monterey Bay” [from Storyful] |
Aug 19
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Scribol “Scientists discovered strange holes on the seabed – And what caused them Is deeply concerning” by Tiernan Cannon |
Aug 18
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Scientific American “A map 15 years in the making illuminates a ‘Grand Canyon’ off California’s coast” by Erik Olsen |
Aug 14
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Voices of Monterey Bay “Setbacks and opportunities—COVID creates unique research opportunity for whale scientists” by Kyle Martin |
Aug 13
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ReefBuilders “Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute shares video of the most iconic deep-sea critters” by Nicole Helgason |
Aug 11
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Robotics and Automation News “Robots could help Mauritius clean up devastating oil spill” by Mai Tao |
Aug 3
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Kerrang! “10 Animal species named after bands” by Simon Young |
July 27
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Resonance “Sound is round: A waterfall of falling sounds that I catch dreaming” by Yolande Harris |
July 19
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Tuscaloosa News “ECOVIEWS: Squids are deep sea mysteries” by Whit Gibbons |
July 17
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EE Journal “From the Fish Fry vault: The Great Shark Cafe” by Amelia Dalton |
July 15
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NationalGeographic.com “Seas quieted by pandemic could reduce stress, improve health in whales” by Craig Welch [See also this news release from UC Santa Cruz] |
July 14
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Spectrum News – LA Times Today “Gooey sea creature removes earth-warming gases” by Rosanna Xia |
July 13
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Yale Climate Connections “Hearing the under-sea whispers of a warming climate ” by Kristen Pope [Also carried by EcoWatch] |
July 10
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Blue Dot (National Public Radio) “The sound of science in the sea – The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute” by Dave Schlom |
July 7
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KAZU “Deep-sea research lab gives scientists insight into climate change” by Erika Mahoney [Also carried on KCBX – Santa Barbara] |
June 26
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Marine Technology News “MBARI: Hydrothermal mapping is heating up” by Celia Konowe |
| June 24 |
Articles based on MBARI’s creature feature page about bloodybelly comb jelly
– Laughing Squid, “Fascinating ROV footage of a deep sea bloody-belly domb jelly camouflaging a bioluminescent dinner” by Lori Dorn (6-24-20)
– The Nerdist, “‘Bloody-belly comb jelly’ Is a macabre blob of the deep” by Matthew Hart (6-25-20)
– The Awesomer, “The bloody-belly comb jellyfish” (6-25-20) |
June 20
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NOAA News “Davidson Seamount: Oasis in the deep” by Marissa Garcia |
June 10
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Monterey Herald “Monterey Aquarium sets guidelines for reopening” by Dennis L. Taylor |
June 8
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NOAA Research News “NOAA collects a lot of data on the ocean. Here are 4 ways we use it“ |
| June 3 |
Stories related to MBARI’s news release, New laser system provides 3D reconstructions of living deep-sea animals and their mucous filters
– Associated Press, “Scientists learn how tiny critters make ocean ‘snot palaces’” by Seth Borenstein (6-3-20) [Carried by at least 365 newspapers and TV stations around the US, including US News and World Report and the Washington Post]
– New York Times, “The sea’s weirdest creatures, now in ‘staggering’ detail” by William J. Broad (6-4-20)
– LiveScience, “These gorgeous, intricate sea creatures are actually giant blobs of snot” by Yasemin Saplakoglu (6-4-20)
– Popular Science, “These animals build palaces out of their own snot ” by Hannah Seo (6-6-20) [Also carried by MSN]
– Los Angeles Times, “This fantastical sea creature helps remove planet-warming gases from the atmosphere” by Rosanna Xia (6-7-20) [Also carried by Yahoo News and the London Times]
– Voice of America, “Scientists study sea creature which makes a home of body fluid ” by Mario Ritter Jr. (6-7-20)
– The Hill, “Morning Report” (6-8-20)
– Gizmodo, “These weird-ass sea creatures live in ‘snot palaces’ that capture carbon” by Dharna Noor (6-8-20)
– Daily Mail, “Strange sea creature that lives up to 1,000ft below the surface encased in a giant bubble of mucus may play a key role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere” by Jonathan Chadwick (6-9-20)
– Smithsonian online, “Scientists tour elaborate, deep-sea ‘snot palaces’ for the first time ” by Alex Fox (6-9-20)
– The National Interest, “Could a giant sea creature be the key to fighting climate change?” by Ethen Kim Lieser (6-9-20) [Also carried by Yahoo News]
– Oceanographic magazine, “New laser system provides 3D reconstructions of live deep-sea creatures” (6-10-20)
– Scientific American (60-second science), “‘Snot palaces’ reveal undersea creature secrets” by Christopher Intagliatar (6-11-20)
– Science News, “Larvaceans’ underwater ‘snot palaces’ boast elaborate plumbing” by Susan Milius (6-15-20)
– Dive magazine, “Breakthrough in studying mysterious carbon capturers” by Scarlet Hathway (6-15-20)
– IFL Science, “Laser scanning reveals the oceans’ secret carbon disposal mechanism” (6-15-20)
– BBC, “‘Snot palaces’ built by sea creatures could help scientists and maybe even Nasa” (6-15-20)
– Utah Public Radio, “Undisciplined: It’s snot what you think” by Matthew LaPlante (7-3-20)
– Australian Geographic, “The giant larvacean is a floating croissant housed in mucous” by Bec Crew (7-6-20) |
June 1
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AZO Cleantech “Biodegradable plant-based plastic to combat ocean waste” by Sarah Moore |
May 27
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Scribol “20 hair-raising photos that show what really lurks In the shadowy depths of the ocean” by James Cannon |
May 14
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RadioLab “Octomom” produced by Annie McEwen |
May 14
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Newsweek “New worm species with glamorous iridescent scales discovered in the ocean abyss” by Aristos Georgiou |
May 11
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Smithsonian “Invasive comb jellies might overproduce babies in summer to eat them in winter” by Theresa Machemer |
May 7
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Inside Science “A gelatinous drifter may get ahead by eating Its babies” by Katharine Gammon |
May 6
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Daily Mail “Underwater forest of hydrothermal vents off the coast of Washington State is mapped for the first time” by Stacy Liberatore [Carried by at least 4 other online outlets, including MSN News] |
May 5
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IFLScience “A city of geothermal chimneys discovered off the coast of the US” by Tom Hale |
May 2
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Santa Cruz Sentinel “Earth Matters–The virtual bay” by Ross Clark |
May 1
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LiveScience “Hundreds of towering hydrothermal chimneys discovered on seafloor off Washington” by Mindy Weisberger [Related coverage appeared on at least 4 other on-line outlets, including Strange Sounds and Sputnik International] |
Apr 30
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OOI News “From whale songs to volcanic eruptions: OOI’s cable hears the sounds of the ocean” by Darlene Trew Crist [Carried by at least 1 other online outlet] |
Apr 15
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Digital Trends “Monterey Bay Aquarium provides tours using Twitch and Animal Crossing” by Tyler Treese [Carried by at least 2 other online media outlets, including Yahoo News] |
Apr 14
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California Sea Grant News “Getting to the bottom of ocean carbon export” by Katherine Leitzell [Also carried by Climate.gov] |
Apr 13
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Polygon “A real aquarium is giving tours of Animal Crossing’s in-game museum” by Nicole Carpenter [Carried by at least 2 other online media outlets, including Infosurhoy] |
Apr 10
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Smithsonian “Watch this giant, eerie, string-like sea creature hunt for food in the Indian Ocean” by Nora McGreevy |
Apr 8
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New York Times “A.I. is helping scientists understand an ocean’s worth of data” by Tatiana Schlossberg |
| Apr 8 |
USA Today “Scientists spot giant ocean creature that looks like silly string hunting in ‘galaxy-like spiral’” by N’dea Yancey-Bragg [Carried by at least 5 other online news outlets.] |
| Apr 3 |
LiveScience “Activities and online resources for homebound kids: A coronavirus guide” by Mindy Weisberger [Also carried by Space.com and and at least 2 other online media outlets] |
Mar 31
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Marine Technology News “Environmental DNA Emerging in the Ocean Science Community” by Justin Manley [Also appeared in Marine Link and Maritime Global News] |
| Mar 27 |
Marine Link “MBARI works at unlocking ocean biology” by Elaine Maslin [Also appeared in Marine Technology News, Marine Technology Reporter, and Santa Cruz Tech Beat] |
| Mar 26 |
Santa Cruz Tech Beat “Google features former Cabrillo student’s work in documentary series” by Sarah Vickers-Webb |
| Mar 25 |
Environmental Monitor “The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s wireless plan to connect to MARS” by Jack Nissen |
| Mar 23 |
Stories related to research on deciphering the visual language of Humboldt squid
– Stanford news release, “Stanford researcher investigates how squid communicate in the dark” [Carried by at least 7 online media outlets] (3-23-19)
– National Public Radio (All Things Considered), “Deep sea squid may communicate through glowing pigmentation, researchers find” by Lauren Sommer (3-23-20)
– Gizmodo, “Glowing deep-sea squid have a complex form of communication, new evidence suggests” by George Dvorsky (3-23-20)
– Nature, “Squid say hello with a light show” (3-23-20)
– Oceanographic magazine, “Researchers begin to reveal how Humboldt squid communicate in the dark” (3-24-20)
– CNET, “Illuminating find: Here’s how squid talk to each other in the dark” by Bonnie Burton [Carried by at least 2 other online outlets] (3-25-20)
– Science Friday, “How Humboldt Squid talk to each other in the dark” by Alexa Lim (3-27-20)
– EcoWatch, “Speaking squid: How squid glow to communicate in dark dceans” by Tiffany Duong (3-27-20)
– Stuff/NZ, “Glow-in-the-dark squid can brighten your day” by Siouxsie Wiles (3-30-20)
– The Science Times, “Illuminating find: Decoding the Humboldt squid’s secret language” (3-31-20)
– Scientific American (60-second Science podcast), “Squid’s glowing skin patterns may be code” by Susanne Bard (4-2-20)
– Smithsonian, “Deep-sea squids glow to communicate in the dark” by Hannah Knighton (4-6-20)
– NPR, “Deep sea squid communicate by glowing like e-readers” by Lauren Sommer (4-17-20) [Carried by at least 40 NPR affiliate stations around the US]
– Popular Mechanics, “How the deep sea squid communicates in fascinating and flashy ways” by Daisy Hernandez (4-24-20) [Also carried by YahooNews]
– New Zealand Geographic, “Light conversation” by Kate Evans (May 2020)
– Forbes, “Scientists shed light on deep-sea squid communication” by Sara Tabin (5-20-20) |
| Mar 20 |
Science Alert “The largest mass migration on the planet happens every single day, and we never see it” by Peter Dockrill [Also carried by MSN News] |
| Mar 12 |
Insider “16 creatures from the bottom of the ocean that will give you nightmares” by Zoë Miller and Zoë Ettinger |
| Mar 7 |
Monterey Herald “Re-opening historic Point Sur lighthouse” by Amanda Heidt |
| Mar 6 |
Science “Frank Press (1924–2020)” by Marcia McNutt |
| Mar 5 |
San Francisco Bay View “Earth Island Institute takes on Big Plastic” by Lee Houskeeper |
| Mar 5 |
UPI “Changes in oxygen, temperature could reshape deep sea fish communities” by Brooks Hays |
| Mar 5 |
PhysOrg “Deep-sea fish community structure strongly affected by oxygen and temperature” [News Release from Scripps Institution of Oceanography] |
| Mar 5 |
National Geographic News “As the Arctic warms, light pollution may pose a new threat to marine life” by Sarah Gibbens |
| Mar 3 |
Monterey Herald “Carmel shop taking battle against plastics to new level” by Dennis Taylor |
| Mar 2 |
Before It’s News “Earth Island files lawsuit against plastic polluters“ |
| Mar 1 |
The Scientist “Researchers discover the largest virus in the oceans yet” by Kerry Grens |
| Feb 27 |
CBS News “Clorox, Coca Cola among companies sued over plastic pollution by Berkeley group“ |
| Feb 26 |
Bay City News Service “Suit aims to hold ‘Big Plastic’ corporations responsible for plastic pollution” by Keith Burbank [Carried by SFGate, NBC, Patch, Pleasanton Weekly, and other outlets] |
| Feb 26 |
San Francisco Chronicle “Bay Area group sues Coke, Pepsi, other giants over plastic pollution ‘poisoning everything’” by Peter Fimrite [Also carried by MSN] |
| Feb 20 |
Stories related to MBARI’s story about the strange behaviors of deep-sea animals such as sponges at Station M
– Taucher.net, “The secret life of the sponges” (2-25-19)
– LiveScience, “Deep-sea sponges caught ‘sneezing’ in time-lapse photos” by Nicoletta Lanese (3-2-20)
– BGR, “Scientists caught a deep-sea sponge ‘sneezing’ on camera, and it’s so weird” by Mike Wehner [Story carried by at least 5 additional outlets, including the New York Post] (3-2-20)
– Daily Mail, “Gazoontite! Time-lapse video reveals a glass sponge sneezing more than 12,000 feet below the surface in order to expel sea particles from its inner canals” by Stacy Liberatore [Also carried by Brinkwire and at least 8 additional outlets] (3-3-20)
– Smithsonian, “Watch this deep-sea sponge sneeze in slow motion” by Theresa Machemer (3-3-20)
– Popular Mechanics “Behold the super long sneeze of a deep sea sponge” by Daisy Hernandez [Article carried by at least 3 other outlets, including Yahoo News] (3-15-20)
– IFL Science “Deep-sea sponges caught “sneezing” on camera” by Katy Pallister (3-17-20) |
| Feb 21 |
Hakai “Less than a fifth of deep-sea life Is identifiable” by Nicola Jones |
| Feb 21 |
Wired “‘Environmental DNA’ lets scientists probe underwater life” by Eric Niiler |
| Feb 19 |
Scientific American “Kilometers of “dark cable” form the newest seismic sensors” by Shannon Hall |
| Feb 19 |
Laughing Squid “Hypnotic footage of a rainbow colored sea angel slug propelling itself under the ice of the white sea” by Lori Dorn |
| Feb 18 |
Oceana “Drowned out: Is climate change making the ocean a noisier place?” by Sarah Royalty Pinkelman |
| Feb 17 |
SciShow “The most incredible snowfall on Earth occurs deep underwater” by Hank Green |
| Feb 14 |
New York Times “As mating rituals go, Valentine’s Day isn’t so bad” by Priyanka Runwal [Also carried by MSN.com and at least two other online outlets] |
| Feb 10 |
ScienceLine “Life in Earth’s final frontier, into view at last” by Hannah Seo |
| Feb 7 |
DVIDS “NPS explores next-generation acoustic detection” [News release] |
| Feb 5 |
KTVU-TV “Stanford scientist creates bionic jellyfish that could aid in future research” by Andre Senior |
| Feb 5 |
San Jose Mercury “California scientists create bionic jellyfish to explore oceans” by Paul Rogers [Carried by at least 13 other California newspapers] |
| Feb 4 |
The Independent “Science news in brief: From speaking mummies to volcanoes on Venus” by Nicholas St Fleur, Joshua Sokol, Karen Weintraub, Shannon Hall, and Cara Giaimo |
| January |
NOAA News “Captivating the nation: Education and outreach programs bring communities together” by Eve Moulin |
| Jan 21 |
Laughing Squid “The surprisingly small fierce-looking fangtooth fish” by Lori Dorn |
| Jan 19 |
MSN “Mysterious little red jellies: A case of mistaken identity“ |
| Jan 16 |
KSBW-TV “West Coast waters acidifying two times faster than global average” by Caitlin Conrad [Also carried on MSN] |
| Jan 16 |
KION-TV “Ocean acidification and the affects on the Central Coast” by Max Tarlton |
| Jan 9 |
The Scientist “Fish steals bioluminescence from prey” by Abby Olena |
| Jan 8 |
New York Times “How a fish steals its ability to glow” by Joshua Sokol |
| Jan 8 |
PBS – Nature “Dive into the mysteries surrounding whales“ |
| Jan 6 |
Business Wire “Revolutionary modular storage system built to efficiently manage enterprise, cloud, and edge data growth” [Seagate press release] |
